Consensus statement: the 16th Annual Western Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; September 5-6, 2014

S Ahmed; O Bathe; S Berry; D Buie; J Davies; C Doll; S Dowden; S Gill; V Gordon; P Hebbard; E Jones; H Kennecke; S Koski; M Krahn; D Le; H Lim; C Lund; Y Luo; A Mcffadden; J Mcghie; K Mulder; J Park; F Rashidi; A Sami; K T Tan; R Wong

doi:10.3747/co.22.2362

Consensus statement: the 16th Annual Western Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; September 5-6, 2014

Curr Oncol. 2015 Apr;22(2):e113-23. doi: 10.3747/co.22.2362.

Authors

S Ahmed¹, O Bathe², S Berry³, D Buie², J Davies⁴, C Doll², S Dowden², S Gill⁴, V Gordon⁵, P Hebbard⁵, E Jones¹, H Kennecke⁴, S Koski², M Krahn⁵, D Le¹, H Lim⁴, C Lund⁴, Y Luo¹, A Mcffadden⁴, J Mcghie⁴, K Mulder², J Park⁵, F Rashidi¹, A Sami¹, K T Tan¹, R Wong⁵

Affiliations

¹ Saskatchewan: Medical Oncology (Ahmed, Sami) and Radiation Oncology (Le), Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon; Pathology (Jones), University of Saskatchewan, Regina; Surgery (Luo), Diagnostic Radiology (Rashidi), and Interventional Radiology (Tan), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
² Alberta: Department of Surgery (Bathe, Buie), University of Calgary, Calgary; Radiation Oncology (Doll) and Medical Oncology (Dowden), Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary; Medical Oncology (Koski, Mulder), Cross Cancer Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
³ Ontario: Medical Oncology (Berry), Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto.
⁴ British Columbia: Medical Oncology (Davies), BC Cancer Agency-Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna; Medical Oncology (Gill, Kennecke, Lim, Mcghie), BC Cancer Agency, University of BC, Vancouver; Radiation Oncology (Lund), BC Cancer Agency-Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, Fraser Valley; Surgical Oncology (Mcffadden), BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver.
⁵ Manitoba: Medical Oncology (Gordon, Krahn, Wong), Cancer Care Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg; Surgery (Hebbard, Park), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

Abstract

The 16th annual Western Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, September 4-5, 2014. The Consensus Conference is an interactive, multidisciplinary event attended by health care professionals from across western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) involved in the care of gastrointestinal cancer. Surgical, medical, and radiation oncologists; pathologists; radiologists; and allied health care professionals participated in presentation and discussion sessions for the purposes of developing the recommendations presented here. This consensus statement addresses current issues in the management of colorectal cancer.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer; chemotherapy; consensus statement; egfr inhibitors; liver-directed therapy; magnetic resonance imaging; radiation therapy; rectal cancer; surgery.